I have been in NF treatment in outpatient for 9 months for C-PTSD, 3 times a week. I have made huge progress, even if it took long for many changes to stick. For reference, I am an autistic woman in my 30s.
Recently I asked to work on executive function, and they added it to my protocol. I was pleasantly surprised by this improvement, but it got me thinking, can NF change the way my brain thinks, like, academically?
I was praised for the way I think by my boss, and I feel like it has to do with my autism, but now I am thinking, what if NF will make me lose that? What if my mental jumps and intuition changes or my creativity diminishes?
I do appreciate how much my functioning and mental wellbeing improved on NF. I have less then 10 flashbacks a day nowadays, I can work 5 times a week, which I couldn't do for a long time, I have more energy and now I have some improvement in my executive functioning, whicg means I am much more productive and having easier time switching between tasks (which is hard for me).
I am wondering if NF can make me not autistic anymore? I don't really like being autistic, but this is how my brain is, and it's the only life I know. I am also wondering if maybe I will become "more" autistic, just less traumatized? Because I definitely do stim quite a bit and although my sensory sensitivities are much more manageable, I still can't take the first fork I find in a drawer if it is WRONG.
I want to be as trauma free as possible, and I am definitely becoming happier and more functional with time, but...will NF change what I am?
I am interested in any scientific date and personal anecdotes of any kind.